10.13.2005

redefining Amy

I was driving home, listening to the new CD that I made for myself, thinking about this particular mix of songs and how they each mean something special for me, to me, about me. How they might, at the time that I created the CD, be said to come together as a sort of working self-definition. Call this a test if you want to, or think of it as a chink in the armour--a revelation, if you will. What follows are a few lines from each of the songs in my mix. I'll post the titles and artists on Monday when I return from a trip. If you want to guess them before then, please do; leave a comment.* Go ahead & Google them if you want to. Extra points for #12, particularly if you know why it's in brackets.

"In the morning of the nightWhen I woke to find you goneI knew your distant devilMust be draggin' you along"

"Feels like reckless driving when we're talkingIt's fun while it lasts, and it's faster than walkingBut no one's going to sympathize when we crashThey'll say 'you hit what you head for, you get what you ask'"

"Somewhere in the world tonightTwo lovers are treating each other rightSomewhere else in a lonely townOne lover waits an endless hour"

"The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seenAnd they're there for you"

"Did I give myself completelyor did I hang on for too long?"

"So I would choose to be with youThat's if the choice were mine to makeBut you can make decisions tooAnd you can have this heart to break"

"How long have I been dreaming I could make this rightIf I closed my eyes and tried with all my mightto be the one you need?"

"that's another time,that's another town,that's another life"

"You think you're gonebut I'll see you again"

"...to me flirtin' it's just like a sportanything fly it's all good"

["each time that your anatomy appears,in front of me,why doesn't this love understandhints, or reason?"]

"I wanna be alone but you feel like home"

"...if you want me to goYou should just say so"

"She has the power to go where no one else can find me,Yes, and to silently remind meOf the happiness and good times that I know"

"I still miss youAnd now I wonder..."

"Maybe tonightIt's gonna be all rightI will get betterMaybe todayIt's gonna be OKI will remember"

"I wanted it to lastI wanted to grow old"

"I could leave tonightAnd I would be all rightStop holding on..."

* I think Cat's already received this mix. If she has, she's disqualified from participating. Cindy will be, too, in a day or two.

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